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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1985

Page

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Scores from early football games in Ohio and Missouri

Ohio State leads Iowa 22 to 13 while Missouri edges Iowa State 28 to 27 and Drake trims Western Texas 27 to 28 in early season play.

CIA OK for covert action to oust Khadafy

Washington reports President Reagan approved a CIA covert operation to undermine Muammar Khadafy and support Libyan opponents. The plan seeks to disrupt Khadafy and possibly trigger a military response from neighbors while House and Senate Intelligence Committees show mixed support.

CIA Reagan Khadafy Washington Muammar Khadafy North Africa Middle East House Senate Select Committees On Senate Administration George Shultz House Committee Algeria Egypt

U S protests harassment at embassy in Afghanistan

Secretary of State George Shultz announced that U S diplomats protested Afghan troops encircling the Kabul embassy cutting power and using searchlights to force the handover of a Soviet guard. The incident near the Kabul embassy drew protests to Kabul Washington and Moscow as Shultz prepared for Moscow talks.

Shannon Ireland U.S Kabul George Shultz Soviet Union Moscow Shultz United States Washington Helsinki Finland State Department Anatoly Dobrynin Afghanistan

Ballot Issue Ignorance Among Voters Questioned

Coe College students surveyed 246 Cedar Rapids residents about ballot measures in the upcoming Nov 5 municipal election. Only 24.1 percent answered they were aware of any measures beyond candidates.

Coe College Cedar Rapids

Students Read Ballot Tax Description in Local Option Poll

Coe College students conducted an Oct. 27-29 poll under Associate Professor Tom Sweeney. Respondents unfamiliar with the local option tax were read the ballot description and asked if they favored it.

Coe College Tom Sweeney

Cedar Rapids voters face 1 percent local option tax decision

A Coe College poll shows Cedar Rapids residents split on a 1 percent local option tax to fund government relief and library materials. About 36 percent are undecided, 32 percent oppose, and 31 percent support. Voters also see unfamiliar with the two measures, including the library levy.

Cedar Rapids Linn County Coe College Tom Sweeney Political Science Sweeney

Computer enables youth to recite at bar mitzvah

Lee Kweller, 13, used two computers on the pulpit to recite Bible portions in Hebrew and English at Congregation Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh. With cerebral palsy, he guided the speech himself, the system designed by John Eulenberg, marking a breakthrough for his voice and participation.

Lee Kweller Pittsburgh Congregation Beth Shalom Kweller John Eulenberg Ittsburgh

Hutchins Elected Senate Majority Leader in Iowa

C.W. Hutchins a 15 year Iowa Legislature veteran was chosen Saturday as leader of the 28 member Democratic majority in the Iowa Senate James Wells was elected president pro tempore and Mike Gronstal was named assistant majority leader Hutchins succeeds Lowell Jenkins who resigns December 1 to pursue the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Please turn to 14A Hutchins.

Des Moines C.W Bill” Hutchins D-Audubon Iowa Iowa Senate James Wells Dcedar Rapids Senate Mike Gronstal Council Bluffs Hutchins Lowell Jenkins Montrose Gover

The Wheel’s History and Humorous Refrain

A witty remark notes the wheel as man’s great invention and adds a jab about how progress leads to a new twist. The line plays on invention and the need for progress in human activity.

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